Push notifications problem as of february 2016 new problem because of updating

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EDIT: This method intended to be used with your own server, not with Ionic.io services. I use my own servers and connect them directly to Google Cloud Messaging (free service) that pushes my notifications to both my Android and iOS users. This allows me to have full control over all the notifications that are being sent.

Hi there,

I hope this might help you somehow.

  1. Install the following plugin: https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugin-push

  2. Create a service that registers and unregisters the device with Google Cloud Messaging (GCM)

     .service('PUSH_NOTIFICATIONS', function($http, $ionicPlatform, $cordovaDevice, $q){

 var _registered = false, _inprogress = false, _push, _gcm_id, _device;

 this.init = function(){
     _inprogress = true;
     $ionicPlatform.ready(function(){

         // If already registered or not signed in

         if(_registered || ['Android','iOS'].indexOf($cordovaDevice.getPlatform()) == -1) return; // Ensure that we're running on Android or iOS

         // Push Notifications Init

         var push = PushNotification.init({
             android: {
                 senderID: "1234567890" // GCM Sender ID (project ID)
             },
             ios: {
                 alert: "true",
                 badge: "true",
                 sound: "false",
                 senderID: "1234567890" // GCM Sender ID (project ID)
             }
         });

         _push = push;

         push.on('registration', function(data){
             _gcm_id = data.registrationId;

             // Post our GCM and device information to our API
             $http.post('http://MYAPIURL.com/registerpn', {
                 gcm_id: data.registrationId,
                 device: $cordovaDevice.getDevice()
             }).then(
                 function(res){
                     console.log("Registered on API...");
                     _registered = true;
                     _inprogress = false;
                 },
                 function(err){
                     console.log("error registering for PN", err);
                     _inprogress = false;
                 }
             );
         });

         push.on('notification', function(data){
             // Here is what we will do if we get a push notification while using the app
             console.log("GOT PN", data);
         });

         push.on('error', function(err){
             console.log("PNR Error", err);
         });
     });



 };
 this.unregister = function(){
     return $q(function(resolve, reject){
         _push.unregister();
         return $http.post('http://MYAPIURL.COM/unregisterpn', {device: _device, gcm_id: _gcm_id})
             .then(
                 function(success){
                     _registered = false;
                     resolve();
                 },
                 function(err){
                     // We didn't manage to inform the server that we unregistered
                     console.log("Error unregistering");
                     resolve();
                 }
             );
     });
 };
 })

  3. In my case, my application has user authentication. So whenever the user logs in I call the function PUSH_NOTIFICATIONS.init(). So if you don’t have user authentication and you would like to register every user then just call this function inside your .run()

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